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more about #valleywag more comments → JennaW: I had no idea JK Rowling's black ops team would act so quickly to avenge their queen. [io9.com] #wereadtwittersoyoudonthaveto more » resipsaloquacious: That sucks, Lev! I loved the Magicians and I was excited to read the sequel. I hope this does not delay the publishing too long. more » Airvault: I bet he makes that face a lot. #gavinnewsom more » BullfightsOnAcid: I imagine his Life Coach must spend at least an hour a day coaching him on his hair. "Repeat after me. Feel your follicles. Feel your fibers. You are... more » Conchie Birdie: I was beginning to forget we even had a mayor. #gavinnewsom more » TheSometimesWhy: Does the phrase "Appalachian Trail" take on a new meaning after this revelation? #gavinnewsom more » nirreskeya: If the BBQ was truly awesome he'd have remembered where it was. #google more » mattchew03: When is the novelty people associate with all of this stuff going to wear off? Because I want to be there, watching all of their "I just sharted and i... more » Magister: Countdown until it's subpoenaed. #google more » Steverino Begins: Very scary, but I predit it'll be the norm within the next decade. It's sort of Facebook photo tagging taken to its logical, evil conclusion. #google more » MsMuffinMcGuffin: That is beyond scary. #google more » ifstone: Someone "invented" PHP? I'd always assumed it had plopped out of the collective asses of a thousand webmonkeys. Seriously, if I'd invented PHP, I woul... more » lionel-mandrake: They're moving to LA, ultimately they'll be closing down all the SF production. #currenttv more » Unsolicited Advice: We're not losing money, these 80 people are just useless! #currenttv more » BearDownCBears: Think of all the greenhouse gasses those journalists won't emit by sobbing on the couch in a pile of Cheetos rather than running their dirty ol' lapto... more » -
#theolds
Old People Talking About the Internet: Rupert Murdoch Edition
Rupert Murdoch has revealed his secret plan for News Corp. to make money on the internet: Make News Corp. invisible, on the internet. Murdoch will leave The Google, rewrite copyright law, and teach you kids to stay off his lawn! More » -
#foursquare
Code Theft Allegations Can't Stop iPhone Bubble
Foursquare has raised its first venture capital investment, and it couldn't have been easy: There are persistent rumors the social networking company stole its code from Google. Plus, it wanted to invest the money in a domain name. Ooof. More » -
#copyfight
Drudge Death Panel Murders iPhone App in Stalinist Snafu
Just as we suspected he would, Matt Drudge demanded Apple kill iDrudge, the iPhone app created by a fan to read his website. But the right-wing protoblogger then reversed himself in a stunning flip fliop. Siren time! More » -
#copyfight
Reuters Implores AP to 'Stop Whining'
Huzzah: A president at newswire operator Thomson Reuters says traditional journalism is not actually being strangled by Google, blogs and the rest of the internet. And that anyone who thinks so — *cough* AP *cough* — should get a grip. More » -
#copyfight
You Must Pay AP to Quote Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson's compositions are in the public domain, but Boing Boing discovered the AP's licensing system demands $12 to quote 26 of the American statesman's words. To think the wire service only began tinkering with ridiculous fees last year. Innovative! -
#mediawars
Online News Theft a Truly Teeny-Tiny Problem
The Wall Street Journal is up in arms about it; the Associated Press is building a robot army to fight it. But it turns out online news piracy is at most a $250 million-per-year problem. Just how small is that? More » -
#printisdead
AP to Finally Invent Indexing of Text on Internet
This is great: The Associated Press is going to set up a "news registry," so it can finally tell where its text content is, on the internet. What a fresh concept! But the revolution doesn't end there. More » -
#badvertising
The Jailhouse Assault Dreamed Up by Angry Tech, Media Companies
So the copyright wars have come to this: Incensed over rampant online file sharing, some of the largest software and media companies show how copyright violations can get you brutalized in jail. Subtle. More » -
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#copyfight
Embedding a YouTube Video May Cost You a Bundle in ASCAP Bills
Fresh off a court victory against Google's YouTube, ASCAP tells us it is setting its sights on users of the video-sharing site. Welcome to the exciting world of copyright licensing, blogger; you may already owe gobs of money! More » -
#copyfight
If You Steal His Books, Stephen King Will Mock You
Writers are getting mad as hell about digital versions of their books getting pirated online. Ursula K. Le Guin and Harlan Ellison will sue you. But we like horror mogul Stephen King's approach: insults! More » -
#copyfight
Wacky Discovery Founder Sues Amazon.com over Kindle
Discovery Communications, the owner of cable channels like FitTV and Animal Planet, is suing Amazon.com, maker of the Kindle, over an electronic-books patent taken out by its founder and CEO, John Hendricks, years ago. More » -
#scandal
Is the New Foursquare Too Much Like the Old Dodgeball for Google?
Even though Google killed Dodgeball, Dennis Crowley reassured the socially inept that they'd still be able to find their friends at bars with his newly launched Foursquare. One problem: it may not be his. More » -
#wtf
TMZ Fights for Its Right to Give Away Octo-Mom Pics
So, how did those photos of Nadya Suleman's horribly distended, octuplet-carrying belly get out into the world? They were licensed to TMZ (presumably by Octo-mom herself), which wants to drum up publicity and traffic. More » -
#hollywood
Australia: the movie too bad to pirate online. [IMDB]
